Boorowa, NSW - St Patrick's Catholic
Year Built: 1877
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Saint: Patrick
Address: Queen Street, Boorowa, New South Wales, 2586
Architect: Unknown
Architectural Style: Gothic
Traditional Owners: Wiradjuri people
Last Updated: 04/03/2024
History and Architecture:
‘A church was built 1854 as an outpost of Yass Mission, but a resident priest came in 1864. That old church became unstable and too small and was later replaced. A stain-glassed window of the Irish Saints Patrick, Bridget and Columba is a fine element, but there is within it a surprising inset panel of the ‘Liberator’ Daniel O’Connell, which draws interested visitors from Ireland! The Sisters of Mercy opened their school in 1882.’
The church was established in 1865 and construction of the current church was completed in 1877. The first Mass was conducted in fact iin 1837 by Father Brennan from Yass. Its a Gothic church of blue granite and sandstone both locally quarried. Its 35m in length by 19m wide with ceiling and rafters made from stained timber. The roof is tiled.
It was while Fr John Dunne was parish priest that the building of the new church began in 1874. An uncompleted bell tower with a bell of 3 tons was cast in 1891 by Byrnes Fountain Head Bell Foundry, Dublin.
Clergy:
This list may not contain every serving cleric, past or present, for this church.
Further submissions welcomed.
Years | Name | Annotation | D.o.B | D.o.D |
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1863 - 1865 | Father J. Cooke | |||
1865 - | Father O'Neill | |||
1865 - 1867 | Father J. J. Hanley | |||
1867 - 1868 | Father J. Raffan | |||
1868 - 1869 | Father J. Finnagan | |||
1868 - 1869 | Father P. Riorden | |||
1868 - 1869 | Father Duigan | |||
1869 - 1871 | Father W. O'Brien | |||
1871 - 1872 | Father Keakin | |||
1871 - 1872 | Father J. O'Connor | |||
1872 - 1874 | Father J. Dunne | |||
1874 - 1877 | Father McGrath | |||
1874 - 1877 | Father O'Keefe | |||
1877 - 1878 | Father T. Long | |||
1878 - 1884 | Father Dyer | |||
1878 - 1884 | Father Fallon | |||
1884 - 1885 | Father A. Walsh | |||
1885 - 1887 | Father Berringham | |||
1887 - 1888 | Father O'Shaughessey | |||
1888 - 1889 | Father Fogarty | 1912 | ||
1889 - 1891 | Father Hannahan | |||
1891 - 1892 | Father Birmingham | |||
1892 - 1894 | Father Magee | |||
1892 - 1894 | Father Hayes | |||
1894 - 1895 | Father McAlroy | |||
1894 - 1895 | Father Henry | |||
1895 - 1896 | Father O'Dwyer | |||
1896 - 1897 | Father Kennedy | |||
1897 - 1899 | Father Peter O'Leary | 1947 | ||
1899 - 1901 | Father Cleary | |||
1901 - 1905 | Father E. Laide | 1931 | ||
1905 - 1906 | Father O'Reilly | |||
1906 - 1907 | Father Sharkey | |||
1907 - 1910 | Father J. Fogarty | |||
1907 - 1910 | Father F. Borman | 1947 | ||
1910 - 1912 | Father Edward Sheehan - more details | 1960 | ||
1912 - 1913 | Father Hennessy | |||
1912 - 1913 | Father T. O'Connor | |||
1913 - 1924 | Father P. Reidy | |||
1913 - 1914 | Father C. C. Jergen | |||
1914 - 1921 | Father J. Bailey | |||
1921 - 1924 | Father Lehane | 1960 | ||
1924 - 1925 | Father P. Donelly | |||
1925 - 1926 | Father O'Connor | |||
1926 - 1929 | Father Bugler | 1957 | ||
1929 - 1938 | Father J. McDowell | |||
1938 - 1941 | Father Edwards | |||
1938 - 1941 | Father Landers | 2000 | ||
1941 - 1942 | Father M. Crowe | |||
1942 - 1945 | Father John W. Morrison | 1904 | 1988 | |
1945 - 1946 | Father McDonagh | |||
1946 - 1950 | Father Coffee | |||
1946 - 1950 | Father Patrick Aubery Cusack | 1977 | ||
1946 - 1950 | Father M. O'Brien | |||
1950 - 1951 | Father Greene | |||
1950 - 1951 | Father Riorden | |||
1951 - 1953 | Father P. Maloney | 1961 | ||
1951 - 1953 | Father Masey | |||
1953 - 1954 | Father Dynlae | |||
1954 - 1955 | Father L Reynolds | |||
1955 - 1956 | Father John Bracken | 1982 | ||
1956 - 1959 | Father J. O'Connor | |||
1959 - 1960 | Father M. O'Shea | |||
1960 - 1963 | Father Drinkwater | |||
1963 - 1967 | Father C. Gleeson | |||
1967 - 1969 | Father J. Daley | |||
1969 - 1970 | Father P. Murphy | |||
1970 - 1973 | Father D. Mahon | |||
1973 - 1975 | Father J. J. Cummins | |||
1975 - 1976 | Father A. Havas | |||
1976 - 1979 | Father D. D. Nickle | |||
1979 - 1992 | Father P. Buckley | |||
1979 - 1992 | Father P. Gannon | |||
1979 - 1992 | Father P. Maloney | 1961 | ||
1992 - 1996 | Father P. Bateman | |||
1996 - 1997 | Father P. Stack | |||
1997 - 2004 | Father G. Beath | |||
2017 - | Father Tom Thornton |
Organ:
No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.
Contributions:
1. John Huth supplied internal photo 2012
2. 2022 Karen Smith photo of Father Sheenan Grave. (Click on name to view)
3. 2024 Simon Saunders ref from ‘Our Story - Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn‘
Source:
1. Church plaque with Clergy names.
2. Deceased Clergy in Australia, 1788-present.